That Sir Peter’s mother so mortified,
Full quickly of rage and spite she died.
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notes
1
This is a much later, and greatly improved, version of the ballad which first appeared in Romantic Ballads, 1826, pp. 136–138, and afterwards in Targum, 1835, pp. 42–43
2
This ballad should be read in conjunction with Rosmer, printed in The Mermaid’s Prophecy, and other Songs relating to Queen Dagmar, 1913, pp. 25–30.
3
This ballad should be compared with The Wicked Stepmother, printed in The Dalby Bear and Other Ballads, 1913, pp. 14–20.